MoD: New Successor Submarines Named – (MoD: UK troops to bolster NATO mission in Kosovo ~ MoD: UK-led exercise ensures NATO is match fit to deal with any threat ~ MoD: UK to resume training of Syrian opposition to fight Daesh ~ MoD: World War 2 airmen's graves rededicated ~ MoD: Surveillance aircraft support deal sustains around 160 UK jobs ~ MoD: UK maritime personnel train the Libyan Coastguard)
Met Office: 100th anniversary of military weather forecasting
10DS: Prime Minister hosts 2016 Diwali reception at Downing Street
HMT: Young Londoners Sample Life as a Treasury Official
DfE: New apprenticeship funding to transform investment in skills
DCMS: Search begins for the Chair of the new BBC Board
LGA: Councils respond to launch of Government review into gaming machines – (LGA: Counting the value of community involvement)
ScotGov: Baby Box design competition launched – (ScotGov: Higher Education Student Support for Scotland 2015-16)
WAG: North Wales named Top Region Globally for 2017
CCC: UK aviation emissions must be consistent with UK climate change commitments
HEFCE: Operating model for quality assessment: Annual Provider Review
ESRC launches 2017 Celebrating Impact Prize
STFC: Outstanding success for UK companies in European space innovation contest
Environment Agency: Thank you to the volunteers from the River Thames – (EA: Anglers urged to help protect Norfolk Broads pike stock ~ EA: Averies brothers convicted after notorious major fires ~ EA: Fish find shows mine water scheme is reaping rewards)
Fisherman fined £1,255 for fisheries offences in case brought by MMO
VMD: Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus type 2: vaccines
Ofgem: More customers in vulnerable situations to receive help under the Priority Services Register – (Ofgem:
Co-operative Energy to pay £1.8m for customer service failings)
Consumer Council for Water: Let’s keep it clear with advice on what not to flush
EHRC chair meets Polish ambassador to discuss rise in hate crime – (EHRC: New stop & search training & guidance for police ~ EHRC: Forcing working mothers from jobs costs business £280m each year)
Children’s Commissioner: Now let’s ensure all children are protected – (England’s Children’s Commissioner urges local councils to continue to find more places for Calais children ~ Children’s Commissioner: Now is the time to talk about turning Children's Centres into ‘Family Hubs’ to support children in need)
FDA: HMRC reports £36bn tax gap: another missed opportunity for Government due to lack of investment
IEA: The Government should not put all its eggs in one basket on airport expansion
Arts Council England: Hear the underground sounds of Europe in London with Match & Fuse – (ACE Collection announces National Partners’ Programme of exhibitions for 2017 ~ ACE: How to look after Human Remains)
RoSPA: Avoid a Halloween fright night by keeping kids safe from fireworks & sparklers – (RoSPA: #OSHtober – raising awareness of workplace accidents ~ RoSPA: Daylight savings at 100 – a century of wasted opportunity)
Skills Funding Agency: Revised National Careers Service website launched
EU News: Multi-country Salmonella outbreak
TfL: Londoners hop on to free second trips – (TfL: All London black cabs to take cards & contactless payments from Monday)
TUC: Collapse of EU-Canada trade deal should be a wake-up call to politicians – (TUC worried by rise in the number of people paid below the minimum wage ~ The gender pay gap is closing at “a snail’s pace”, warns TUC ~ TUC: Feeble growth figures show why government must act in the Autumn Statement)
Unite: Post Office managers to strike on 31 October over closure of pension fund
WWF: Belize Offshore Seismic Testing Suspended After Outcry – (WWF: Hundreds of Snow Leopards poached each year ~ WWF: Expanding airport capacity makes little business and no environmental sense)
Unicef: Major campaign launched to immunize 5.8m Iraqi children against polio – (Unicef: 145 child soldiers released by armed groups in South Sudan)
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